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    The Loved Dog: The Playful, Nonaggressive Way to Teach Your Dog Good Behavior
    The Loved Dog: The Playful, Nonaggressive Way to Teach Your Dog Good Behavior
    The Loved Dog: The Playful, Nonaggressive Way to Teach Your Dog Good Behavior
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    The Loved Dog: The Playful, Nonaggressive Way to Teach Your Dog Good Behavior

    Written by Andrea Cagan and Tamar Geller

    Narrated by Renee Raudman

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    About this audiobook

    More than fifteen years ago, Tamar Geller began her
    career as a dog trainer by observing a scientific study
    of wolves in the wild. She realized that the
    socialization and parenting techniques they used to
    raise their cubs were rooted in bonding,
    communication, and play-not in aggression,
    dominance, or punishment. If people used these
    techniques when training their dogs, she realized,
    there would be no need for prong collars, choke
    chains, or any kind of physical or verbal aggression.
    She realized we can make it "fun" for our dogs to
    listen to us and behave as we want them to.

    Tamar went on to train the dogs of many celebrities,
    including Oprah Winfrey, Ben Affleck, Courteney Cox-Arquette, Nicollette Sheridan, Owen Wilson, the
    Osbournes, and others. Her nonaggressive methods
    are so revolutionary that the Humane Society of the
    United States approached her to be a consultant, and
    she now teaches animal behavior at Pepperdine
    University.

    In The Loved Dog, Tamar shows anyone how to
    childproof a dog, teach him vocabulary, use treats the
    right way, play "tug of war" to build trust, make it fun
    for him to come when called, teach him not to jump on
    people, and much more-using only playful bonding
    and positive reinforcement.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateMay 21, 2007
    ISBN9781400174393
    The Loved Dog: The Playful, Nonaggressive Way to Teach Your Dog Good Behavior
    Author

    Andrea Cagan

    Andrea Cagan has collaborated on seven bestselling books, four of which were number one.

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    • 3/5
      This book will be boring for the advanced trainer, but it is a good, basic obedience book. It could have used some illustrations to clarify her instructions. The name dropping got tedious as well.
    • 4/5
      As a non-expert who wanted to learn a more loving method for modifying dog behavior, I found this to be a clear and concise guide with some very helpful methods. I volunteer with rescue dogs who have very difficult histories, and any help we can give them makes them that much more likely to be adopted. However, my personality does not gel with methods like jerking the leash or forcing submissive rollovers. I needed a different method and found Tamar's story interesting, and her approach something that I can actually do. Her insight on getting the dog to associate your commands with pleasure rather than pain helped me understand how to make the training fun for the dog, and also allows me to lavish the love upon the poor rescues that they desperately need. I recommend this book to anyone who wants a well behaved and happy dog!
    • 4/5
      This book is much more than a dog training guide--Gellar tells her story of being raised in a dysfunctional family, serving in the Israeli army, and how she developed her love for dogs. Highly entertaining, well written, and much useful information.
    • 4/5
      This book is a gentle approach to building a loving relationship with your dog. Many good techniques to strengthen your bond with animal best friend.
    • 4/5
      Like most people, I was taught that choke collars and force are the natural and correct ways to train dogs. Ms. Geller's experience as an abused child taught her that force and violence are never appropriate for anyone. She learned from observing wild wolves that the "alpha rollover" (forcing a dog on it's back to teach it who is boss) is not natural or correct. The wolves she observed taught each other with games and more gentle methods. Ms. Geller has an important message, and I am glad I read this book. But I would have liked more instruction and less personal history and name-dropping stories. Read this book before you start training your dog!
    • 5/5
      As a new dog owner I have recently been reading many dog manuals. When I spotted this at our library as a new book, I snatched it up. What a breath of fresh air in the arena of dog training. I guess her method can be summed up as "loving consistency."She lovingly describes ways to train our best friend, while not relinquishing the "alpha" position ourselves. Yes, there is a lot of treats handed out initially, but once the behavior becomes habit, the treats are lessened more and more.The book is more than a how-to book with the examples she has included of celebritys' dogs that she has helped trained.Definitely a good book for those new doggie parents or for those who have some behavior issues with their best friends!